The National Weather Service forecast is calling for a 50 percent chance of snow Saturday. The temperature is expected to climb to 27 degrees, with northwest winds at 7 to 10 mph and a new snow accumulation of less than 1 inch, the weather service said.

Friday’s crashes in Canton totaled four around noon on Interstate 77 between the Pro Football Hall of Fame and just north of Tuscarawas Street W. Canton Police Lt. James Cole said that, preliminarily, no life-threatening injuries had been reported.

Ohio Highway Patrol dispatchers said troopers were responding to eight crashes around noon, wrecks that took place throughout the county.

Most crashes were believed to be weather-related. Heavy snow was reported at the Akron Canton Airport at noon, according to the National Weather Service website, www.erh.noaa.gov.

Snow fell steady for hours before tapering off by the evening.

Brian Mitchell, meteorologist for the Cleveland office, said that between 8:06 a.m. and 1 p.m., 4 inches of snow fell at the airport.

Eric Rehfus, road maintenance superintendent for the Stark County Engineer’s Office, said around 2 p.m. Friday that his salt-and-plow truck drivers were not having any problems, especially since the snow was letting up.

The salt, which typically stops working around 17 or 18 degrees, appeared to be effective, he said.

“The salt seems to be working. It’s still cold out. But where the traffic is running over it, it makes the salt work,” he said.